The Sky Is NOT the Limit is a collection of adventures that have taken us around the world. Each chapter is an individual story and can be read independently. Perhaps when Joan and I are old and gray we will sit together and read and re-live all these memories. The stories take you to the four corners of the world, on all seven continents, and the major cities of the world. At last count the number was sixty countries and counting. I am not too sure who else would be interested - perhaps o...

THE YEAR 1932 The Great Depression was in full force. The stock crashed on October 29, 1929. It was also the year most members of the Riverside High School class of 1950 were born. A brief look back reveals what our great country, and the world, looked like. As the year 1932 began Herbert Hoover was the President. He would lose the election in November to Franklin D. Roosevelt. President Roosevelt would serve as president during most of the formative years of our young lives. He served thr...

The book chronicles Jim and Joans fiftieth-year anniversary of marriage. There are celebrations of all typesspiritual, religious, traveling, family vacations.

THE STORY... An Irish alcoholic father walks out on his wife and daughter. Falls in love with his soulmate. After successfully fulfilling his dream as a writer, recovers from alcoholism, and spends his life trying to build a relationship with his daughter. THE PEOPLE... Jimmy Francis McGettigan-husband and father. The three women in his life, Maureen-his wife. Delanie-his daughter. Quinn-his soulmate. THE PLACE... Galway, Ireland where Jimmy is born. As his alcoholism develops, he becomes ...

THE WHITE CLIFFS OF DOVER ... A story of Irish Immigrants THE SETTING - Ireland, England, Dover (and the world-famous White Cliffs of Dover) The English Channel, The Normandy Coast of France, Europe during World War II THE CENTRAL LOCATION - Folkestone, an English seaside community and the White Cliffs of Dover PRINCIPAL CHARACTERS - Michael Matthew Magee and his wife, Catherine Colleen Kelly, known to everyone simply as CC THE STORY - The lives of a young couple and their journey through ...

Jim began his recovery from alcoholism on July 18, 1973a gift of grace (an unwarranted gift) from God. Both Jim and Joan have spent a major part of their lives in an effort to help other families recover from this horrific disease, with Joan as a counselor as well as being in support groups. Jim was involved as a board member of various alcoholism programs and support groups. Jim was given the opportunity of a second chance at life. He shares about his family, wonderful children, and grand...

The Land Of Fun & Sun: As the story goes, Hollywood grew and prospered and with it, the local resorts, country clubs, and tennis facilities until everything was so overcrowded, so expensive and so exclusive that even the members of the Hollywood movie colony found it difficult to get some peace and relaxation. Two of those celebrities, Charlie Farrell and Ralph Bellamy, began to look for something better. They found it in a small, sun-drenched community in the desert east of Los Angeles a pla...

A complete guide for everything you need to experience a great Long Weekend in Fort Myers, Fort Myers Beach, Sanibel, etc. You'll save a lot of time using this concise guide. =Lodgings (in several parts of the Fort Myers area) variously priced =Fine & budget restaurants, more than enough listings to give you a sense of the variety to be found. =Principal attractions -- don't waste your precious time on the lesser ones. ...

On September 4, 1781, 11 families 44 people, including 26 blacks walked out of Mission San Gabriel Arcangel to establish a community closer to the harbor. That village, El Pueblo de Nuestra Señora la Reina de los Angeles (The Town of Our Lady, the Queen of the Angel), was to become the City of Los Angeles. The Mission San Gabriel Arcangel is still here and you can visit it. The old and the new blend well in Los Angeles. It is the largest city in the state and the second-largest in the nati...

This is the official Holiday FM Guide to San Diego. This handy bitesize guide gives you everything you might want for the ideal trip to the big city. Background information about the history of the City will hopefully give you a better understanding of its origins and make your visit more enjoyable. Get local information about the must see sightseeing places to visit to help make your trip amazing and memorable. The guide also covers tips on where to eat and drink and what to expect the w...

This book of vintage photographs, postcards, magazine ads, and other ephemera tells the story of Los Angeles from dusty pueblo to thriving metropolis.Greetings from Los Angeles tells the story of the city's long and largely forgotten history, from its early years as a tiny Spanish village through its many transitions over the centuries. Here are rare glimpses of Chinatown's evolution; the orange empire; backyard oil wells; Venice of America; the roaring 19...

The Wish List is a quirky little gift book that sounds an irresistible call to get out there and start living. In the same chunky format as the authorfs bestselling 14,000 Things to Be Happy About, The Wish List presents a compulsively readable list of unexpected goals. There are wishes large--retrace Odysseus' route around the Mediterranean--and wishes small--find a genuine arrowhead. There are artistic wishes--write a sonnet. Athletic wishes--learn to box. Prac...